How long does it take to read The Saturdays?
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1923. 175 pages, about 48,125 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
New York City, the year before Pearl Harbor. The four Melendy children and their father -- a brilliant, impecunious scholar and lecturer -- live in a dilapidated house in the city, under the care of a strict but loving housekeeper. Their allowances don't stretch to much as individuals, so they decide to pool their cash and on each of four subsequent Saturdays one sibling gets to blow the lot. This is a well-written book that doesn't talk down to its audience; the chapter where the youngest boy goes to the circus, gets lost, and comes home riding a policeman's horse should be read out loud for the flavor of the prose. \
Subjects: Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, Cooperation, Children's fiction
